3
346
table showing
criminal
the number of cris
cases and persons tried in the Supreme
Court
during
2.
the last three
years.
In his despatch N. 3 of for
the 3rd January, 1878, the Earl of Carnarvon seemed disposed to doubt the
the course I had directed the
been unsatisfactory.
(377
3.
"The number of persons
tried
was 216, in
in the Supreme Court in 1878
1879, 202, and in 1880 the number had
criminals
fallen to 160. The number of convicted in the Supreme Court fell
from 163 in 1878 to 120 in 1880.
Taking the class of offences
from
which formerly created most alarm in Hong Kong
last year
4
of
burglary, 2 of robbery from the person with violence; 1 of robbery being
armed"
and 1 of robbery with violence.
I attribute this satisfactory
5.
result to the
way
in which Chief Justice